65 Days Left [FishbowlNY]
We'll be posting daily updates until Katie decides which career path to, umm, giggle along. And, of course, at least 65 different images of the most wanted woman in TV news.

What's The Sound of Five Million Books Dropping? [GalleyCat]
That would be the launch of the paperback edition of a tiny, not-so-successful book called THE DA VINCI CODE, natch. But no matter what you might think of the content or premise, it's awfully hard to argue with success

Bottoms Up On Cable News [TVNewser]
"A number of French protesters are mooning the police live on FNC and MSNBC right now," a tipster wrote at 1:35pm today. Does anyone have a screen grab?

Product Placement's Longer-term Effect [FishbowlLA]
If product placement will become crucial to movie financing, what does that mean for a movie set in 1776 or 3048? Does more product placement = more movies set in contemporary consumer-driven middle class America?

Selling By Any Other Name [MBToolBox]
Even the most quixotic freelancers in publishing know the deal: The most important part of this (or probably any) business is sales. And what's the No. 1 method for accruing sales?…

Fancy Writing With Your Pretty Pictures [UnBeige]
Blessed be the work of the SmashLab employees. In particular, Eric Karjaluoto, who wrote this post earlier today on the company's blog…

Grading The Pundits [FishbowlDC]
"PUNDITS. Calculate their batting average for erroneous predictions and faulty analysis (most are hitting around .200). Superimpose this batting average on the screen whenever they appear on TV.…